Y7assessment

Unseen Poetry #

Don't panic! This is a short diagnostic, formative assessment, to see how much you know about poetry already. Your teacher will use this to make sure the lessons we teach give you what you need to know.

Read the poem below, slowly and carefully, then answer these questions.

1. In two sentences: tell me which is the most important word in this poem, and why?
2. In three sentences: what do you think this poem is about? What is it describing?
3. In four sentences: what do you think the poet wants us to feel when reading this poem? Use quotations from the poem to support your answer.
4. "This poem is a happy, positive poem" - do you agree with this statement? Write four sentences explaining your answer.

You may find it helpful to use a highlighter to pick out important words, while you read.

Ozymandias, by Percy Shelley #

I met a traveller from an antique¹ land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless² legs of stone
Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage³ lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor⁴ well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal⁵, these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay⁶
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”